Flight 19

     On December 5th, 1945, five US Navy Avenger torpedo bombers--known as Flight 19 go on a routine flight over the Bermuda triangle. While most trips through the Triangle of Doom end up fine, there are many stories of planes and ships crashing and never being found again. This story is one of the most famous. These planes left from Fort Lauderdale. Somewhere along their flight, their radios stopped working. The last message sent through the radio was from the leader of the flight, Lt. Charles C. Taylor. He said, "All planes close up tight...we'll have to ditch unless landfall...when the first plane drops below ten gallons we all go down together." After hearing this, the navy sent out a search and rescue plane. Not only did they not find the five planes of Flight 19, but the search and rescue team also went missing. A merchant ship reported seeing a ball of fire in the sky, followed by an oil slick in the vicinity at the time that the search and rescue plane went off the radar. This suggests that the plane blew up.


    While there are many theories about what happened and why it happened (UFO, wormhole, magnetic anomaly, etc), this is my theory. The five Navy Avengers that went missing encountered a magnetic anomaly that scrambled their compass, and led to confusion over the intercom. The planes exploded due to the anomaly and that is why the search and rescue team could not find them. When the search and rescue team went off the radar, the merchant ship saw it explode. For the same reasons, the search plane also exploded, and that explains the oil slick. All in all, there is little to no evidence on what the heck happened to the crewmen of these planes. Once again, I encourage you to explore new ideas or think of your own if you do not agree with my hypothesis.


   





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  1. John SmithAugust 5, 2025 at 6:08 PM

    Well done Mr Blogger, just like your last one. When it comes to ships and sailing vessels in the Bermuda Triangle, I’ve always been intrigued by the methane gas theories (bubbling up and wreaking havoc with surface ships), but no matter how large a methane gas eruption from under the sea can be, there’s no way it affects aircraft flying at 20,000+ feet in the air. I think there’s no question that magnetic anomalies affect compasses and related equipment, and it’s clear from radio comms that Flight 19 experienced compass and equipment issues, disorienting experienced pilots and making them unable to determine their location with any accuracy. From there, if they couldn’t establish their location based on visual observation, they likely ran out of fuel and went down, possibly in the Everglades. All indications are they were much closer to Ft Lauderdale and safety than any of the pilots realized. Curious though that no wreckage has ever been found. Those Avengers are out there somewhere …

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